Draft report on measures against inappropriate use of ICT services discussed at the 6th meeting of MIC's Study Group on Development of ICT Service Usage Environment.
Key Points
1. Strengthening Measures Against Inappropriate Use
- Countermeasures against sophistication of dark part-time job crimes
- Prevention of mobile phone and SIM card abuse in special fraud
- Strengthening identity verification rules and improving effectiveness
- Prevention of illegal SIM resale, thorough verification of corporate agent authority
2. Issues and Measures for Mobile Phone Identity Verification
- Strengthening identity verification for additional lines
- Considering introduction of identity verification for data SIMs
- Review of contract limit numbers
- Issues regarding reliance on other companies' identity verification results
3. Measures Against Phone and Email Fraud
- Response to fraud using landline phones
- Strengthening spoofing countermeasures
- Measures against fraud calls using overseas phone numbers
- Technical measures against fraud using SMS and email
4. Other Important Measures
- Consideration of communication log retention methods
- Strengthening user information protection
- Revision of Smartphone Privacy Initiative
The draft report comprehensively presents measures that operators, government, and users should work on together to balance healthy development of ICT services with user protection.